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CHAPEL HILL, n. c..
How She Paid For 1t.

pleasant little incident occurred to
the W ritter during visit to one of the
Western States. Invited to tea with the
family of a valued deceased friend, he
was agreeabIy surprised at fl nding them
living on an elevated spot near a thriving
village, in coy little cottage surround
ed by spacious and beautiful grounds.
Knowing that husband and farther
while living, had experienced difficulty
in making "both ends meet and that
the wife had inherited DO patrimony, IL
was asked:
"Is this your property"
eyes," she replied, land, happily, it
is paid for"
But how could you procure such a
comfortable home, when Your husband
was never able to get much ahead"
"Ah! be had the foresight: to get his
life insured" she replied. This place
1 bought with the LIFE PoLIcY'
1T is one Of many similar instances to
be met with in these times aud it
deepened our impression of the Joy and
comfort which LIFE Assurance is bring
ing 10 our hearts nd our homes.
j. r. YOUNG,
LIFE AND FIRE Insurance AGENT,
Henderson, \. C.
Policies written in frst-ciass compa-
MICS only.
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A MEMORIAL volume containing Gu
iogiums upon the late Henry Ward
BeeCher, from the lips and pens Of va
riOus persons, is announced. Among
others Col. Robert G. Ingersoll pays
a beautiful and eloquent tribute to
the dead divine, from which the follow
ing is an extract, arranged in blank
verse:
"IIe passed from harsh and cruel crceds
TO that serene philosophy that has no place
For pride or hate; that threatens no re-
vcnge;
That looks on sin as stumblings of the blind
And pitieS those who fall, knowing that in
the souls
OF all there is sacred yearning for the
light.
He ceased to think of Man as something
Upon the world-an exile from some
sphere,
lie felt at last that men are part
Of Natures self-kindred of all life
The gradual growth of countless years;
That all the sacred books were helps until
OutgrOwn,
And all religions rough and devious paths
That man has worn with weary feet
in sad and painful search for truth and
peace.
He hattled for the rights of men.
His heart was with the slave. lie stood
Against the selfish greed of millions banded
TO protect the pirates trade. His voice
Was for the right when freedoms friends
were few.
He taught the church to think and doubt.
h ftf u foo, -, Il
Took counsel of his heart To every foe
lie offered recOnciliation's hand,
lie loved this land of ours, and added
TO its glory through the world"
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time of day, it is an easy matter to
educate them to point where no dis
satisfaction will be expressed when
they find their accustomed trading
places closed some hours before dark
| The writer has seen this eXemphtled
in several instances.
1t will require but little observation
on the part Of any air-minded man
TO convince him that clerks, book
keepers, cash-boys and porters, IN tact
all who are employed in stores, are as
class, overworked. The manual
labor may not be severe-in many
| cases it is the reverse-but the mo-
notony is what makes clerk life bur
.densome. To borrow an expressive
phrase from Uncle Remus, the work IS
too ..COnstant." 1t is this COnstancy
that renders the life OF tie store en-
ployc burden to him, that racks his
nerves and wrecks him physically and
mentally.
The proprietor goes and comes at
will. If he grows tired of the monot-
ony Of the store he can easily find re-
creation in a walk on the streets, o. a
call on a friend, or in various other
ways. His employe overburdened with
ennui, weary and sick of the dreary
routine of the store has no such re-
course. He must stay, and grin and
bear it, or give up his place to one
who can endure it.
We do not pretend to say whether
the early closing of stores is practical
bic in Henderson. That is a question
to be decided only by the proprietors.
We wish merely to call attention to
the subject and if it Is found that our
stores-all of them, or even all of a
certain clasj-Can be closed at an early
hour in the evenlng-say 7 or s O'Clock
without detriment to the trade o.
the town, or to the interest Of any in
dividual proprietor, we are sure thai
employees, one and all, when the busy
season comes, will work all the more
cheerfully and advantageously for hav
ing been allowed a little recreation
during the heat and depression O.
summer. Fourteen to sixteen hours
| close confinement to business during
the heated term is quite severe strair
upon the constitution, and the COLI
LEAF makes an appeal in behalf O
hard worked people here and elsewhere
in all trades and professions. Many
of the stores already close at an early
hour. Why not all?
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Notice..

By virtue of power con ferred upon me-
by decree issuing from the Superior
Court, of Vance county. IN cause therein
Richardson and wife, l shall, on Mons
day, 18th day of August, 1857, sell at
public auction to the highest bidder, for
cash, at the court house door, in Hem
dersor, N, c., the following real estate,
to wit: One certain lot of land, situate in
Henderson, N. c.. known as the old w.
H. Harris place, sdj"ini the lands of
Geo. A. Harris, W. T. Richardson and
others. Terms cash. This, 7th July,
1857. a. G. ZOLLICOFFER,
july IA .. Commissioner.
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Crop Prospects.
GBattleboro Headlight

Up to the present time the prospect
of a good crop is most fattering, the
farmers are up with their work and
everything is clean. Our farmers may
we'll rejoice after three years short crop
has nearly ruined them. There IS
another thing which will prove of great
benefit in the end and that is, they
have from necessity practlced the
greatest economy, SO much SO, that
it is generally conceded that 1t has
cost less to make this crop than any
one before. And therefore, there IS
less to be paid in the fail. Our farm
ers are to be congratulated on this
point. Last year car load after car
load of corn and hay was shipped
and sold here, but this year there
has been, comparatively speaking
none, especially hay, of which they
cured immense quantities last tall,
and our present prospects have solved
the heretofore difficult problem,
whether it would pay to make our SD, =
plies at home. Business has revived
and every thing is improving. But
right here lies a new danger which
should be guarded against. Prosper
ity often renders men careless and ex-
travagant, adversely to the contrary.
Then in the bright promises OF the
future let us be doubly guarded IN our
future expenses, curtail them until
they reach the minimum point nee
essary to do good and thorough work.
In this lies our only safety and we
should keep it prominently before US.
With the bright prospects of a good
crop before us there can be but one
thing necessary for our complete sue
cess and that is fair and remunera-
tive price for our products. The time
has been when the demand regulated
the price of all productions, but those
powerful combinations which control
millions upon top of millions have 1t
in their power to make or break, to
sell or TO hold, to dictate the price.
This is a most unfortunate position to
be occupied by any agricultural peo-
pie and there is but one way out OF
this dilemma, only one balm in
Cilead, and that is by united action
on the part Of the oppressed until a
combination is made up, able under
any circumstances to politically and
financially cope with and overcome
the former. Thus the question nat
/ urally arises, can the farmers do this
We answer they can, but at the same
time we would PROFOUND another ques
ton and ask them will do it? Thi:
they must answer for themselves. We
hope to live to see the day when the
farmer with his, the greatest of al
interests, shall take the prominent par
he should take in all our National anC
State legislation.
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PUBLISHERS ANNOUNCEMENT

We invite contributions OH al subjects OF
local and general interest views and state
mentS upon matters Of public concern, orig
NAL poems, essays, critiques, etc.
One side Of the paper, only, must be writ
ten on-and the real Lamc Of the writer ac-
company tie contribution. No attention
will be paid TO Anonymous letters.
The Editor discIaims all responsibility
FOR the views or statements of correspond
ents-and reserves the right at Ill times to
revise or reject any article he may think
proper.
Address all communications to
GOLD LEAF. Henderson, n. G..
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HENDERSON TOBACCO MARKET.
Harness, Saddles, sc.

Harness, Saddles, &c.
At my store Gin the Alley Building) you
will find complete stock of first-class
HAND MADE Harness, Saddles, Brides,
Halters, &c. Also large lot of collars.
The only house in town that makes a spe-
cialty Of hand made work. Everything war
ranted as represented. RETAINING done
promptly. LEE HOWARD, Mn'g'r.
Nav 10 81
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STEPPED ON SOMEBODY'S TOES

Some weeks ago we publ ished an
article commenting on the methods
used to get space for little or nothing
in country newspapers. Like all Others
we are constantly receiving PROPOSE
tons to advertise, for which the COM
pensatlon offered IS little or nothing.
From the bloated advertising agencies
to the humble citizen who thinks the
average editor is constantly in search
Of something with which to fill up his
paper, there is a living, ever present
effort, to get either fame or notoriety
out of the poorly supported country
paper without paying for it.
With a view Of inducing our breth,
rem to place proper estimate on them
selves, we suggested cutting off these
leeches, and demanding proper pay
for newspaper service. We had among
other things received in due course Of
mail, about two columns of printed
matter called q Literary Chat" which
we were invited to use. 1t appeared
to us as nothing but book and maya
zine advertisements, and we classed II
with matter which we thought should
be paid for by the rich concerns in
whose interest it was gotten up. A
list of patent medicines, with sketches
of the distinguished patentees, under
the head Of q" Notes on Hygiene -
would be equally entitled to considera-
ton, as interesting reading matter. We
had no idea we were offending any
body but We find the Snow Hill En-
te,b11sc after us for assailing pure liter
allure. Again, we have copy of the
GOLD LEAF, containing an article en-
titled " Mind Your Own Business. -
! credited to the Southern Critic, which
is devoted to the Greensboro N0Jth
State. 1t says among other things,
" to mind our own business generally
includes letting other peoples business
alone"
That is in perfect accord with our
ideas. We were industriously Winding
our own business when we suggested to
our brethren OF the press to make other
people pay for carrying on their bust
ness through the papers. The Critic
admits that the matter referred to was
business. That is all right. 1t is a
proper and legitimate business and
1t is proper and legitimate that news
papers should be paid for helping to
carry it on. We do not see anything
culpable in our position. We hope
our brother of the GOLD LEAF will do
Us the favor to print this, as he has
given 50 much space to views which
do us injustice, not only as to the
manner of our offending, but as to our
motives.-Greensboro North STATE.
The above was clipped from the
North STATE The same week of publica-
tion-several issues back-and was
accidentally misplaced at the time.
This explanation and an opology is
due our friends for not giving the
article publication sooner. However,
we cheerfully do so, even at this late
date, as it is not the intention of the
GOLD LEAF to misrerreSent or do in
july TO any one.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-07-21

The Wilmington Mr5singer says
people who think Mr.. Lamar will be
."elevated'' in case he goes to the Su-
preme Court, to succeed the late JUS
tice Woods, need to have a little secret
,conhded to them, to wit: the Supreme
Court will also be "clevated" when
Mr.. Lamar's appointment comes, if it
ever comes. With such men on the
bench as Mr. Lamar, the Court is lev
.eled up-not down. If this be all
Idacity, then make the most of it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-07-21
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Having qualified as executor of tho
last will and lie stameut of III. n. Row
land, deceased, late of Vance Co.. STATE
of North Carolina, this Is to notify All
persons having claims against the estate
of said deceased to exhibit them TO liz
undersigned on or before the 9TH day Of
July, 1888: or this notice will lie plead 4
IN par OF their recovery. All persons
imm ediate pay meut. This 9Th dav Of
July, 1887. A. W. ROWLAND.
Executor of II. III. Rowland. deceass5
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SheriH'S Sale.

To satisfy two executions issued from ths
Superior Court. of Vance county, in fave,
OF J.; l.. II. Missillier, against W. r. Kivett
Will sell at public auction, for cash, at the
court house door, in Vance county, on Mon.
day, August LIST, 1887, all the right, title,
interest and estate, equity of redemption
and legal right of redemption Of W. r,
hivett In the store house and lot fronting
on Garnet and Montgomery streets. in RS
town OF Henderson, adjoining the property
of the late Mrs ". A. Cheatham AMI
Others and occupied during the past wear a.
the New YorE Cash Store. This. lime 90
1887. W. ii. SMITH,
Sheriff.
I. NJ. PITTMAN, Atty, june 500.
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J. A.STALLINGS,

w. M. & c. WATKINS BUILDING,
Next Door to Cooper & Mitchell.
My entire stock is new; just bought
in New York this season; everything
carefully selected by myself, consisting
of Dry Goods, Notions, White Goods,
Dress Goods and Ladies Fine Shoes.
Don't fail to come and see my un-
laundried Jewel Shirt, made of New
York Mills Muslin, reinforced back and
front, with the latest patent improve
ments attached. ! am now receiving
a new lot OF White Goods, which am
able to offer cheaper than ever before.
I promise my friends and customers
full value received for every dollar
spent with me.
Very truly, your friend,
]. A. STALLINGS,
HENDERSON, n. G..
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Having guel;fie as administrators of
the estate OF George II. Yarcey, deceased ,
all persons holding claims against sal
estate are notified TO present them to me
or my attorneys, Day d Z'llicoffer,
within twelve months from date hereof
or this notice will be pleaded in bar Of
their recovery; and ali persons fndebte d
10 said estate m ust make immediate pay
ment This Nav % 1887.
JANE c. YANCEY,
Adminis:ratrix eof George +. oe Ya =
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Land Sale.

by virtue OF the powers conferred unou
me as trustee in a certain deed of trns,. ex-
ecuted by W. H. Reavis on the llth dav of
November, A. d., 1885, registered in Book
8, page SIP, in the Register of Deeds Office
OF Vance county, will sell at public auc-
ton, for cash, at the court house door in
the town of Henderson, Vance county. ON
Saturday. the 30th day of July, 1857 the
land conveyed in said deed, viz: About
thirty acres, formerly belonging to the es-
tate of Ella L. Parish, deceased, and adioin-
ing the lands Of DIR. w. T. Cheatham, the
dover of Mrs. Alice Ellington, +. Marston
and others. This, June 80, 1887.
GEO. ORENSHAW.
Trustee.
I. NJ. PITTMAN, Atty june 80 o.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION :

.one coY one yeari So. Go
3 80
We desire live agent and correspondent
at every pOstoHice i'll Vance and adjoining
Counties. Write for terms.
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July li-a.J
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR


VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR
SALE.
loft for sale. privately. the following
property in the town of Henderson one
house and lot, situate on Rowland street,
adjoining the property of Henry T. Jor-
dan and g. d. Ellsworth. containing six
rooms. The premises have good Wei
of water. servants house and stables.
Two houses and lots, on the same
street. containing four rooms each Ihe
above buildings are new and in first rate
order; located in the most pleasant part
of the town ] offer also one iots with
small house, and one unimproved, SIT
uate near the above described properly.
Parties desiring to see tie property can
do so by ca ling on Mr.. l. c. Rowland,
in Henderson. For terms, which are
liberal, apply to
A. W. ROWLAND,
wilson. n. g..
Agent for Mrs. NJ w. Rowland.
Tjuiy la.
, 1887-04-02

The race is not to the swift nor he
battle to the strong. The weakest hand
may touch off the cannon whose ball shall
overtake the swiftest runner, miles away.
1t is the virtue of gunpowder, as Carlyle
says, that it makes all men alike tall. ~
There still remain among some of Il
troops those caps of imitation bear&in
which were once worn to intimidate a
foe. The fierce headdress of the drum
major is the reducto ad absurdum, or
extreme instance, of this childish method,
which still survives among the Chinese,
and may be seen in japanese pictures.
In an old military text book the Portu
guese soldiers were ordered to attack
their opponents with ferocious countc-
nances."
But civilization has set aside ali this
merely physical impressiveness and sub
stituted invention. A monk, not q sol
der, invented gunpowder. Savage
strength is powerless against the needle
gun and the unseen torpedo. This does
not annihilate the value of physical
health and strength, bnt it readapts their
use. The young man even in a military
school has his bodily health trained not
that he may grasp his opponent in his
mighty arms and throw him to the earth,
as formerly, but that he may have his
head clear, his nerves in equilibrium, his
action prompt.-T. w. n. in Harper's
Bazaar.
, 1887-04-02

Thousands of unfortunate New York
men-the victims of dyspepsia are al
most always men-talfe liver pills as
regularly as they take feed. They are
such slaves to artificial aids to digestion
that they imagine they will die if they
miss n dose. Every year a long pro-
cession of men with ruined stomachs and
acidulous dispositions wends its way Out
of the city and goes up to the water
cures in the country, where they can live
on hard Graham bread and cold water
and make themselves decently miserable.
Some people might think that since there
is 30 much dyspepsia there must be an
other long procession of broken down
men rapidly moving to the cemeteries.
But it is not so. 1t is q certain and well
authenticated fact that dyspeptics never
die-of dyspepsia. They live on in more
or less complete unhappiness, as a kind
of scourge to themselves, and, unfortu-
nately, to others for the digestive sins
they have committed, until their disease
develops into some ether malady that
may prove fatal, or they die Of old age.
D. , STA itself never kills anything but
happiness. M doubt some of its victims
have wished il did.-Boston Budget.
, 1887-04-02

What a truly beautiful world we live inl
Nature gives us grandeur o! mountains,
glens and oceans, and thousands OF means
Of enjoyment. We can desire no better
when in perfect health; but how often do
the majority of people feel like giving it
up disheartened, discouraged and worn
out with disease, when there is no occa-
sion for this feeling. as every sufferer can
easily obfSin satisfactory proof. that
Green August FIoicr will make them
free from disease. as when born. Dys
pepsia and Liver Complaint are the direct
causes of IS per cent OF such maladics as
Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick Headache,
Costivencss, Nervous Prostitution, Dizzi-
ness of the Head, Palpitation of the
Heart, and other distressing symptoms.
Three doses OF august FIopef will prove
its wonderful effect. Sample bottles, ten
cents. Try il.
, 1887-04-02
Mothodical Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria is so methodical and
regular In her habits that the loss of in
significant toilet requisites on u journey Is
sufficient to cause her great discomfort.
Once in Scotland while visiting u duke,
the wagon with her baggage was delayed
by an accident. She remained up until
. O'Clock in the morning expecting its
arrival, and finally went to sleep at $3.50,
worn out with fatigue. Her Journeys
from England to Scotland arc usually per-
formed without change Of cars. Mention
is made of an unhappy mistake which
compelled her to get out of bed and change
cars nj an early hour of the morning. 1t
affected her so much that several days
passed before she recovered George
Henry Bassett in Herald of Health.
, 1887-04-02
PAeneLL,s PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
How It Hos Been DIisapprehended and
Exaggerated,

How IL Hos been DIisapprehended and
Exaggerated.
Nature has stamped on the person OF
this remarkable man tho qualities of his
mind and temperament. His face is
singularly handsome, and at a first glance
might even appear too delicate to be
strong. The nose is long and thin and
carved. not nodded; the mouth is well
cut; the checks are pallid; the forehead
perfectly round, and as striking as the
forehead Of the first Napoleon. and the
eyes are dark and unfathomablc. The
passer by in the streets, taking a casual
look at those beautifully chiseled features
and at the air Of perfect tranquility,
would he inclined to think that Mr.. Par
nell was q very handsome young man.
who probably had graduated at West
Point and would in due time die in a
skirmish with the Indians. But a closer
look would show the great possibilities
beneath this face. The mouth, especially
the under lip, speaks of a grip that never
l~oosens; the eye, when it is fixed, tells of
the inhexible will beneath, and the tran
quillity of the expression is the tranquility
of the nature that wills and wins.
Similarly with his figure. 1t looks
slight almost to frailty; but q glance will
show that the bones are large, the hips
broad and the walk firm; in fact, Mr..
Parnell tramps the ground rather than
walks. The hands are firm, and even the
way they grasp a pencil has n significance.
This picture of Parnell is very unlike the
portraits which have been formed of him
by the Imagination of those who nave
never met him. When he was first in the
storm and stress of the era of obstruction
he used to be portrayed in the truthful
pages of English comic journalism with
battered hat, u long upper lip, u shillelah
in his hand, a clay pipe in his caubeen.
Even to this day portraits after his fash
ion appear in the lower class journals that
think the caricature of the Irish face the
best of all possible jokes.
Parnell is passionately fond OF Ireland;
is happier and healthier on its soil than in
any other part of the world. and is almost
bigoted in the intensity of his patriotism.
But lie might easily be taken for a native
of another country. Residence for the
first years of his life in English schools
has given him a strong English accent
and an essentially English manner; and
from his American mother he has got, in
all probability the healthy panor, the
delicate chiseling, the impassive look and
tho resolute eye that are typical of the
children of the great republic. Such is
the man in brief who to-day is perhaps the
most potent personality in all the many
nations and races of the earth.-Great
Irish Struggle.
, 1887-04-02

Selecting .agen: F. o. Sawin, whose
duty it is to select the university lands, is
in Cheyenne and yesterday selected at the
land Office and gave the proper notice Of
claim for university purposes Of $4,000
acres Of land. Under the laws of tie
United States the territory is entitled to
seventy.two sections OF land for university
purposes. and the selection is necessarily
made wherever the best land available can
be found. Agent Sawin is exercising ex-
cellent judgment in selecting these lands,
and has now selected nearly all to which
the university will be entitled, he having
selected more than 80, 900 acres before he
made his present trip to Cheyenne.